Colombian authorities arrested five National Liberation Army, or ELN, guerrillas who were deported by the Venezuelan immigration service, the DAS intelligence agency said.

One of the guerrillas is the military and finance chief of the ELN's Northern War Front, the DAS said, adding that the five suspects were handed over to the Attorney General's Office in Riohacha, the capital of La Guajira province, which is on the border with Venezuela.

The three men and two women have been charged with rebellion and other crimes.